Coconut

Noix de coco

What it is

The husk is a flotation device: a coconut can drift on ocean currents for months and still germinate on landfall, which is how it colonised nearly every tropical coast before any boat carried it. The three dark spots are germination pores.

In the kitchen

One of the three eyes is soft. Push a skewer through it to drain the water before you crack the shell.

Goes with

Lime Chili pepper Mango Dark chocolate Ginger Pineapple Vanilla Cilantro / Coriander

Same species

Desiccated coconut Coconut milk Coconut oil Coconut vinegar Gula melaka

Also used with

Alaea red Hawaiian salt Byadgi chilli Cacao pulp Chana dal Edible bird’s nest Lemon myrtle

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